About Mike Saville
I created How To Practice in 2006 to help other musicians practice better.
There is a lack of focus on good practice techniques from students and teachers. Without these techniques students give up more easily, progress more slowly and ingrain bad habits.
Hopefully through this site you will learn to think more about the practice that you do and realise that knowing how to practice effectively is as important as mastering any techniques or notes on your chosen instrument.
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How To Practice Jazz - The free book Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 09:25 |
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by Guest 07/09/2011 - 22:14 |
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50 Quick music practice tips Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 12:02 |
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by myshoes2218 19/08/2011 - 11:38 |
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A practice future? Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 10:03 |
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by Mike Saville 07/08/2011 - 13:40 |
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Unfamiliar Scales Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 11:57 |
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by Mike Saville 26/07/2011 - 12:21 |
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UK Schools Order Form Saturday, May 7, 2011 - 20:39 |
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by Mike Saville 07/05/2011 - 20:30 |
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Re: Free Music Practice Diary PDF download As always, very glad that you have found it useful!! |
Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 17:23 in Free Music Practice Diary PDF download |
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Re: A practice future? Hi Maurizio, Thank you for your thoughts. The ideas you mention above are the reason why updates have not been so regular recently. We are working... |
Sunday, August 7, 2011 - 13:40 in A practice future? |
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Re: Unfamiliar Scales Thanks Jamie, update coming up! |
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 12:21 in Unfamiliar Scales |
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Re: HTP is For Sale Hi, Contact us via the site and someone will be in touch with you soon. |
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 20:20 in HTP is For Sale |
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Re: HTP is For Sale Thanks for your thoughts. I'm looking at a few options for the site at the moment. One of my primary concerns is that the resources remain available... |
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 14:51 in HTP is For Sale |
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I HAVE ALL SORTS OF IDEAS ON HOW TO PRACTISE. 1.Don't practise. Discover,experiment,invent new methods and exercise.Reduce the problem to its simplest terms.
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Ruth, thanks for taking the time to get in touch.
I do have a copy of Confident Music Performance and will review in due course - however many thanks for the kind offer 
I would be very happy for you to quote me on your website.
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Hi Mike,
Great site, very interesting. Thanks for your excellent review of 'Practice is a Dirty Word.' Very valid points (though actually the blow-out of Chapter 5 on scales is geared to woodwind and brass rather than pianists who have the advantage of seeing the keyboard or string players who can simply follow patterns.) My own instrument is clarinet and there's no rhyme or reason about tone-tone-semitone for us. Move a thumb and we jump a twelfth; or move two fingers for a semitone. When examining music candidates, I often think I can see fog coming out of their ears, which is why I revamped the whole process to demystify the things. Yes, good point: at some stage I may improve the binding of 'Practice WAS a Dirty Word'. do you know my book 'Confident Music Performance'? I'd be happy to send you a copy. OK if I quote you on my website? (www.ruthbonetti.com) BTW, I closed my own FB account after being hacked. cheers, Ruth
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Interesting comments. Care to share your thoughts and ideas?